One afternoon we went out to Altesino vineyard to see the wine-making set-up there. We’d been there in 2008 and were amazed at the increase in production…the site is still amazingly beautiful…not unlike our own Oregoon wine country… except for the cypresses that signal Tuscany… The wood barrels first… I really liked the oak leaf […]
Category: Trips
Italia…the flip side…
I think maybe my discourse has been getting pretty scenic and adorable (and there’s more of that to come) so thought today I’d inject a note about modern Italy…so you can see that it is the combination of things that makes you love it so…the picturesque/the mundane. If you’re looking for parking in urban Italy […]
Pienza
We had never been to Pienza…a lovely little hill town with a GORGEOUS small renaissance piazza built by Piccolomini…who later became Pope Pius the second in 1458. Designed by Bernardo Rossellino…student of Alberti…it was envisioned as the “ideal city” and in many ways, it is… and not only did we touristical types like it, it […]
Cortona at last…
Yes, the first cappuch…a welcome sight on the first morning. We over-slept and while the whole group was touring Cortona we sat in the breakfast room drinking in the views with the coffee. from below Cortona looks like this and at the top is Piazza Garibaldi where the Hotel San Luca is located…built down the […]
Getting Ready to go…
Now this morning I can’t remember HOW I made that post from my iPad last night…but I guess if I figured it out once I can figure it out again? In the meantime we ‘ve finished the garden projects met with the friends who will join us in Italy and aside from packing there isn’t […]
Home Again…
This is Salem today: but last week it was like this in Arizona where Carol and I stayed with her sister Midge: Went to the Phoenix Art Museum Sedona: Scottsdale art walk: Desert Botanical Garden: Monarchs: Sonoran desert where these cacti are about 50 years old before the produce the “arm” and can live to […]
Garden Thoughts…
We went up to White Salmon, Washington, this past weekend to see George, Jennifer and Fanny. As usual, we were generously and lovingly cared for with three brilliant meals cooked by George. On Saturday we piled into the car and went on the Hood River/White Salmon garden tour. The gardens were lovely, the views were […]
Monday morning–an aventura
Monday DOES roll around… and this one was a surprise. Just as we were packing up it began to snow great big hanky-sized flakes: By the time we were ready, it was really sticking: but we headed out of town: 17 miles of winter wonderland to the top of the coast range: then down into […]
On The Way 